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While New Mexico鈥檚 public sector as a whole has continued to struggle with high vacancy rates since the pandemic, local governments are in worse shape than the state. 九色网鈥檚 Nash Jones hosted a roundtable NM PBS鈥� New Mexico in Focus on Oct. 6 to learn more about the scope of the issue and what鈥檚 driving it. Below is an excerpt from that discussion.

While the private sector has bounced back from pandemic job losses, public sector jobs still haven鈥檛 recovered, according to federal statistics. At an AFSCME hiring event for public service jobs in New Mexico Monday, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller said the city is in desperate need of help.

The nation's largest public service employees union is rolling through Albuquerque as part of its national Staff the Front Lines bus tour. The AFSCME recruitment campaign is being held in over 20 cities this summer in response to what the union says is 鈥渃hronic understaffing鈥� in essential government positions nationwide. A local hiring event on Monday is part of the effort.

After an extra long campaign season in Albuquerque, voters gave Democrat Tim Keller a big win in last night鈥檚 runoff mayoral election against Republican鈥�

Governor Susana Martinez designed a budget plan to close the state's funding shortfall, while sticking by her vow to avoid tax increases. The plan was鈥�

Hungry people in New Mexico may have been denied expedited food assistance after their applications were falsified and put on hold. That鈥檚 according to鈥�